Urine deflector



June 10, 1924 C: R. DE LARM URINE DEFLEGTQR Eiled May 15, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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June 10, 1924.

- c. R. DE LARM UR I NE DEFLECTOR Filed May 15, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented June 10, 1924.

CORLISS 3. DE LARIVI, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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URINE DEFLECTOR.

Application filed May 15, 1922. Serial No. 560,866. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CoRLIss R. DE LARM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Urine Deflectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

The invention relates to an improved urinal deflector for toilet chairs, and more particularly to a urine deflector for attachment to the usual toilet chair so that the urine is directed to the vessel underneath the chair.

It is common for children to urinate over the top of the ordinary vessel upon the adjoining floor or whatever surrounds the vessel when placed in the usual toilet chair, which is very annoying and unsanitary.

The present invention has provided an improved urine deflector attachable to the ordinary toilet chair, whereby the urine is deflected and directed to the vessel underneath the chair and prevented from escaping over the top of the vessel.

A further object of. the invention is to so construct and attach the urine deflector that it will lie even with the upward face of the seat board of the chair when the child is placed thereon and automatically oscillate to usable position as the usual swinging arm of the chair is closed in front of the child.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, the accompanying drawings illustrating a form of the improved urine deflector attached to an ordinary toilet chair for children.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of an ordinary childs toilet chair with the improved urine deflector attached thereto in usable position, the usual vessel being shown in dotted lines beneath the seat board of the chair.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the chair with the deflector attached thereto in usable position, the. closable arm of the chair being broken away to more clearly show the deflector.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the chair with the urine deflector attached thereto in usable position.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side View of the chair with the deflector shown in dotted lines in a different position.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front view of the chair. with the deflector shown in the same position as that of the view Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of Fig; 3, with portions of the inclosed compartment broken away to illustrate the construction therein.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of 6.

Fig. 8 is the same view as that of Fig. 7, but in a different operative position.

The chair illustrated in the'drawings is of common and well known construction and comprises the seat board 1 provided with the hole 2, the side arms 3 and 4, the back 5, the front posts 6 and 7 the inclosed compartment 8, and the front arm 9 attached to the side arm 4 by the hinge 10 and provided with the usual automatic snap hook lock 11 which engages the lock plate 12 mounted on the side arm 3, the usual vessel 13 being shown in dotted lines beneath the chair.

The deflector 14 is preferably of V trough shape as shown, and is rigid with the supporting member 15 which preferably conforms to the shape of the seat board 1 and forms a part thereof when in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the deflector projecting upwardly above the member and downwardly therefrom in an acute angle to the seat board 1 so as to deflect and direct the urine to the vessel 13 underneath the chair seat board.

The member 15 is pivotally connected to the seat board 1 at 16 and is heavier than the deflector 14 so that the natural tendency of the member is to depend downwardly by the force of gravity, positioning the deflector approximately level with the seat board 1 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Passing through the front post 6 is the rod 17 shown in dotted lines, the rod being connected at 18 to the lever 19, and the lever being fulcrumed at 20 and provided with the projecting end 21 which bears against the deflector 14 and member 15 at 22, so that when the front arm 9 is lowered as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the rod 17 is pressed downwardly and the end 21 of the lever is raised and the deflector oscillated to the position shown in the same figures.

The object of oscillating the deflector, is to eliminate the upward projection of the deflector 14 above theseat board 1 when the front arm 9 is raised as in Fig. 4:, so that the child can more easily be seated on the chair. The child being seated, the usual closing downwardly of the arm 9 oscillates the deflector to usable positionf The improved urine deflector is of particular importance to eliminate the usual unsanitary condition resulting from children urinating over the vessel upon the floor or whatever surrounds the vessel.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a urine deflector for toilet chairs, a chair provided with a seat board a front post and a closable arm, a member pivotally connected to said seat board, a deflector rigid with said member, a rod longitudinally of said front post, a lever connected to said rod and resting against said member and. said deflector, said deflector fulcrumed intermediate said rod and said deflector, and said rod projecting above said post when said deflector is lying level with said seat board so that as said closable arm is closed said lever is caused thereby to raise said member and project said deflector to usable position.

CORLISS R. DE LARM. 

